Armenian Haunting Page #3

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Arsen is dead.

Dead!

And they-they arrested

some man in suspicion.

He and my cousin had a fight

about the money he borrowed.

I know it wasn't that man who killed him.

The curse is here.

I'm scared for my life.

I'm scared for my family.

There has to be something

that I can do to stop it.

I-I know I can stop it.

I have to find it.

(water running)

How are you doing, mom?

To lose two children...

I can't imagine what that

family is going through.

(speaking foreign language)

I don't know what I would do if...

Maro!

(speaking foreign language)

Turn that off!

This is not the time for this!

[Maro] Sorry, mom.

How inappropriate!

I'm sorry, it's off!

I turned it off!

[Eva] Did you find that

black dress for tomorrow?

Um, I'll look for it tonight, I promise.

Mama?

What do you know about the

family curse and the promise?

(dramatic music)

I overheard Tatik talking to herself...

You overheard nothing!

Mom, please don't lie

to me, I'm not a child.

I understand everything.

You don't understand,

and you won't understand.

Your grandmother went through

a lot when she was little.

Those knuckle tattoos...

[Maro] I know.

Well...

There's no sense in keeping

it a secret any longer.

She told me everything.

(dramatic music)

She could no longer keep it inside.

And your dad...

She couldn't even tell her own son.

But I guess confiding

in a stranger is easier.

And, woman to woman, she

finally felt she could trust me.

I though that day would never come.

When she was eight years old,

her pregnant mother took her

in the middle of the night

to cross the river to

escape the Turkish guards.

They arrested her father a day before.

They told them it was

a suspicion of treason

to the Turkish government.

There was a boat.

But there was no space left.

And a kind man offered his to them.

In exchange, he made them promise

that they would deliver a

bundle of jewelry and valuables

to his wife and children.

They swore they would.

Later, they found out that

the guards had beaten him,

his arms and legs broken.

And he died a slow death on the street.

They never looked for the wife.

And instead, they kept all that jewelry

and used it to survive.

I told you to turn that off!

It's off, mom!

No!

You liar, how dare you?

[Dr. Freedman] I love Armenian food.

Thank you.

[Maro] No, thank you, Dr. Freedman.

I really appreciate you taking

the time to speak with me.

How did you find me again?

A clairvoyant, Aida, recommended you.

Your particular case is very intriguing.

This kind of dormant

imprecation is very rare,

but as you're experiencing

now, extremely potent.

So according to what you've

told me over the phone,

your two cousins and their mother

have fallen victims within two weeks?

Yes, Dr. Freedman.

Sevan was first.

Everyone thinks he

suffered a heart failure.

But you saw something nobody else did.

Your grandmother talking to

herself was a turning point.

[Maro] Yes.

Now, we know that the curse was placed

as a response to the

promise that was broken

by your great-grandmother,

while she was pregnant.

See, I believe that the state of gestation

is a very powerful transitional state

where any emotion aimed

at the expecting woman

can become genetic, and

maintains its potency

for hundreds of years.

Therefore, affecting many generations.

We have to find the source.

The source?

But-but he's dead.

His body is.

If your suspicions are correct,

and all three victims died

at the hand of someone,

something, then we need

to find the manifestation

of that something.

[Maro] Something that

caused their deaths?

Exactly.

But I don't know what that is.

Officially, Sevan died of a heart failure.

Arsen was stabbed to death by...

A suspected man.

And their mother fell and broke her neck.

(humming gently)

[Mysterious Voice] Keep the promise...

Keep the promise...

(dramatic music)

Keep the promise...

(bones snapping)

(groaning)

Who would be next in line?

It's your family, isn't it?

(dramatic music)

(electronic buzzing)

So, why did you bring me here?

You know your mom can't stand me.

What are you talking about?

She adores you.

Oh really?

The last time that she

saw me, she was like,

"Garo-jan!

"Why are you like this?"

You're the only who would understand

what I'm about to say.

Um...

Is that on?

(electronic buzzing)

Oh my God.

Oh my God, oh my God, oh

my God, oh my God, yes!

Hi!

(humming happily)

Hey, come on!

Rude!

There.

(electronic buzzing)

Now it's off, now you can relax.

(Garo sighing)

Okay.

So what is it?

Okay.

You know how you're into the supernatural?

Okay?

My family's cursed.

(Garo laughing)

See, I knew it would be a waste of time!

Maro-jan, your family is cursed

with what I call Armenicus-misogynisticus.

Ugh, I'm serious!

Mmhmm.

Two of my cousins and their mother died

within two weeks of each other.

My grandma talked to herself about a,

about a promise and a curse.

After doing some research

and talking to people,

I found out that my family

made a promise 100 years ago

that wasn't kept, and-and now there's,

there's something or someone set out

to wipe out the whole family!

My parents and I are next,

and grandma of course...

(thumping)

Tatik, are you okay?

I don't know what to do.

Look, I'm really sorry, and

I wish I could help you but...

Just tell me what you see.

Please?

No.

- Help...

- Absolutely not.

The last time that I

connected, I lost all my hair,

and my nails chipped for a month!

Please, I beg you!

I...

I don't know what to do,

I don't know where to go.

Please help my family.

(electronic buzzing)

Fine.

Fine.

Fine.

(Garo sighing)

Are those new glasses?

Please.

(dramatic music)

(Garo breathing heavily)

(electronic buzzing)

(eerie music)

There is a man.

An Armenian man.

His heart is broken.

His grief...

Is endless.

He wants a resolution.

An acknowledgement.

An acknowledgement of what?

[Demonic Voice] Shut up!

(garbled mumbling)

He knows that...

His wife and children suffered.

But, he feels that

that night on the river,

he sacrificed his family

(electronic buzzing)

for...

Another family.

[Demonic Voice] A

family who didn't pay...

Their dues.

(electronic buzzing)

[Demonic Voice] The

family who didn't manifest

their gratefulness.

A family who broke the promise.

And now (chuckling)

Now he wants to go.

But before he goes...

He must get his pay-off.

He wants his family to have

the recognition they deserve.

He must receive request for pardon.

(Garo breathing heavily)

Can I have some water?

(electronic buzzing)

[Mysterious Voice] Keep the promise...

Keep the promise...

Thank you.

(Garo breathing heavily)

(chuckling)

I'm tired.

Let's go to Akbar!

Wait, how-how do I

ask for his forgiveness?

How-how do I find him?

Look...

Now that you know that you

have to ask for his forgiveness

to save your family, try to make contact.

But how?

(Garo sighing)

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